ctrdata (version 1.1)

ctrFindActiveSubstanceSynonyms: Find synonyms of an active substance

Description

An active substance can be identified by a recommended international nonproprietary name, a trade or product name, or a company code(s).

Usage

ctrFindActiveSubstanceSynonyms(activesubstance = "")

Arguments

activesubstance

An active substance, in an atomic character vector

Value

A character vector of the active substance (input parameter) and synonyms, if any were found

Details

At this time, this function uses the register ClinicalTrials.Gov to detect which substances were also searched for.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# }
# NOT RUN {
ctrFindActiveSubstanceSynonyms(activesubstance = "imatinib")
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }